On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 15:39 -0800, shanyu.zhao@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Shanyu Zhao <shanyu.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> > > Need to set bssid to NULL in cfg80211's SIOCIWESSID function, otherwise > after "iwconfig wlanx ap <mac>", the "iwconfig wlanx essid" won't work. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Shanyu Zhao <shanyu.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c > index eede356..5a67dd5 100644 > --- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c > +++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c > @@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwessid(struct net_device *dev, > wdev->wext.connect.ssid = wdev->wext.ssid; > memcpy(wdev->wext.ssid, ssid, len); > wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len = len; > + wdev->wext.connect.bssid = NULL; This is incorrect. If you want to connect to an AP with the SSID "foo" and the BSSID "00:...:ff" you need to make two calls, e.g. iwconfig wlan0 essid "foo" iwconfig wlan0 ap "00:...:ff" Your patch disables that functionality. johannes
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